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Third from left (Danik): Black Lancer's Master. Catalyst not stated. Plundered the Holy Grail from the Third Holy Grail War of Fuyuki, is almost a century old despite looking in his 20s (At least he looks better than Zouken).

Wait... what? Well that explains why there's another grail war going on, but what did angra manyu corrupt then, or did he steal the corrupted grail? What the hell

Cowles? For some reason, I think Crowles / Krowres / Kowles / Crowres is seem plausible for accurate Japanese romanization name. Just saying if this another misleading name since K is sound like C in Japanese to English and L is R since L are Japanese consonant context.

-7 Red Camp and 7 Black Camp members were duel in Holy Grail War. While Jeanne is supervisor.

-Reika Rikudou and Jack The Ripper (Assassin) were canon part of this series, never been replaced by new character but redesign the character (As above picture show Reika’s new design).

-Dead Apostles (Commonly in Tsukihime, Melty Blood and Kara no Kyoukai) confirmed as part of main story, especially Vlad III is one of them.

-Some servants can switch their servant’s classes, Karna & Siegfied is apply to this classes form.

-Jeanne d’Arc (Ruler) is main character of this series.

-All characters introduce in each chapter were split the cast, were Reika and Jack’ background was first chapter introduction.

-Another character may who exactly is, supposedly [SHIROU] may appear in this series according to this magazine scan. (The translation wasn’t 100%, so If you take grain of salt because this info is almost near accurate or false alarm, at least what translator read the info said).

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Spoiler for Clarifications asked:

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-The war introduced in Apocrypha is different from previous ones (Fate/Zero). The story takes place in Shinjuku set sometime after Fate/Zero, but concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night.

Does Fate/Apocrypha have a concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night or not?

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-Reika Rikudou and Jack The Ripper (Assassin) were canon part of this series, never been replaced by new character but redesign the character (As above picture show Reika’s new design).

Does this mean Jack is going to get a new design
I didn't like her original.

Does Fate/Apocrypha have a concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night or not?

Just what Ukulelembo said, first chapter the story is set sometime in Fate/Zero (Meaning this series is before Fate/Stay Night or before Fate/Zero or both), no evidence relation to F/SN but it seem how the connection tied into from Fate/Zero first.

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Does this mean Jack is going to get a new design
I didn't like her original.

Every servants has new change design, like Jeanne's purple ribbon hair and Semiramis's design. Not sure if Jack was really "redesign" because redesign doesn't mean change everything, it could be Illustrator draw her in typical feel like "Takeuchi Takashi" character without feel this is kinda loli design.

Does Fate/Apocrypha have a concrete relation to Fate/Stay Night or not?

For now, nothing is certain. In first chapter was briefly mentioned fourth war. Suggesting that Apocrypha takes place sometime after Zero. But the first rumors from potential readers of Type-Moon Ace claims that Apocrypha is an alternate universe where the Grail was removed from Fuyuki City after the Third War. And thus fourth and fifth wars does not occur at all. This is however in contradicts with what suggested the first chapter. And it's all confusing. We will see later how it really is.

Reika Rikudou and Jack's redesign implies that the chapter preview in TM Ace was scrapped and rewritten. This would resolve the inconcistency about the mention of fourth HGW. Also, apparently

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Adult Waver and 20something priest Shirou is appearing so it should happen after the fifth Fuyuki year-wise

There are spoilers that black caster is suposed to be

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Solomon ibn Gabirol

, and it fits since his master creates golems.

All this is based only on not very clear report from Humatiny6. There's no certainty that this all is really true.
One of new scans also reminds of existence of the first chapter:
Also Reika is not redesigned, but just drawn by another artist and with different clothes. For comparison:
Jack's actual appearance, is not yet known at all.

For now we only know that Reika with Jack are on the black side. There's a master on the red side, which is called "Shirou", but written with different Japanese characters than original Shirou. Waver is not master and his presence is not confirmed.

That's surprise me: I wonder Sagara Hyouma (Assassin's original master) has connection with Ygdramillena? I mean 1 Japanese (Reika) in Black Camp only is seem out of place since all six Black Camp are Romanians. Although Sagara Hyouma is Japanese race too. I think Sagara was prostitute working in Romania?.

OR

Maybe the last Ygdramillena member is actually "Big Villain" in this series? Ya know, the reveal of Seventh Ygdramillena member. Just wild guess.

Gordes: Saber, except for the moments when you are activating your Noble Phantasm, keep your mouth shut!Fiore: So it has finally begun...Danik: We of the Ygdramillenia will acquire all the mysteries and miracles of this world!Selenik: You, are you perhaps a person with a vigorous sense of curiosity?Cowles: Berserker, let's go too.Roche/Rosie: Alright, teacher, the ritual is complete. Let's go back to our workshop!Reika: Then, you can cut them a little. However, not in the throats because then they won't be able to scream anymore.Mordred's Master: It's like my youth that was spent stepping over corpses.Mordred: Hey, fucker. Call me a chick again and I can't restrain myself!--Note: Mordred's manner of speech is very crude

......Insults were like the song of the distant, endless lands, and so they did not bother her. To say that she was not hurt would be a lie, but it was a pain she could bear with.

Horror, she did not quite feel. Chagrin and regret, those she had thrown away when she decided to take up the sword, and they never returned.

She did not like being dragged around, and so she walked straight forward. Unconsciously, she touched her breast, where the cross she had been relieved of used to be. With her pillar of the heart gone, she felt somewhat sorrowful. An Englishman who seemed to have thought of that, ran up to her and presented what seemed to be a makeshift wooden cross. Thank you, she said in gratitude, and he fell to his knees, tears running down his face. Though there were those who slung abuse, there were also those who were crying.

If insults were the song of the distant lands, then sorrow would be the lullaby a mother would sing.

Her hands were then tied behind her back, onto the tall wooden pole. The bindings were tightened with great force, so as to make sure they would never slacken, it seemed. There was no turning back now, she thought.

When the bishop finished with his recitation of the Last Judgement, the torches were thrown in all at once, and the flames began to lick at her feet, bit-by-bit. To those who believed that the erasure of the physical body was the greatest fear of all, this would be the harshest punishment.

The flames scorched skin, charred flesh, and burned bone. Over and over, they chanted the name of God and the Holy Mother.

―Your prayers are a lie.

Countless times she had been accused thus, countless times she had suffered abuse. Yet, she could never understand it. After all, there were no lies nor truth in prayer. Prayers were merely prayers, they did not change depending on whom or what you were praying to.

She wanted to tell them that, but no voice came to her throat. What had flashed before her eyes, was a scene from the past. She had been from a rustic village and an ordinary family, and she was a fool for throwing that all away.

Was she truly a fool? ...Indeed, she might have been one. After all, she knew that from the very beginning. She herself knew better than anyone else that this would be how it'd end.

―If she had looked away then, then she would never have met her end like this.

That's right. The sound of that voice stopped her ears. If she had abandoned the grief of the soldiers whom were likely lost, then she could have lived an ordinary life, have an ordinary marriage, and continued to live with her husband and children. That was the future she had, and she knew it.

However, she had thrown away that future for a different one.

She chose to take up the sword, to clad her body in armour, to bear a standard, and ride on horse-back to the front lines of war.

―She knew that this end would come, didn't she?

She knew. She surely knew. That as long as she continued to fight, someday, this day would come. Hence, it was inevitable that she was called a fool. But, the one thing she would not permit, was to mock herself as one.

"Even so, there were lives I saved. I was not wrong... to have chosen this path."

The scene from the past, the impossible future, and even the harsh reality, all of these were dispersed into nothingness before her prayers.

Merely prayers, merely sacrifices. Even if people told her she had been wrong, and insulted her, at the very least, she would not betray herself.

She regretted naught, and she had no longings, for the future down the road. All she wanted, was to lay in peace.

Despite being at the centre of such a brutal, gruesome scene―all that dwelled within her heart, was an honest, pure and selfless prayer, free of regret.

―Dear Lord, I give my body to thee―

Those were her last words. As her consciousness came to an end, she was released from her mortal coil.

Her dream will end, and reality would show itself. However, it had not yet ended. Indeed, the girl's dream had come to an end, but that of La Pucelle would start from then.